Workforces on site

Human resources as a competitive advantage

• Qualified and highly-motivated employees are the key to success and provide companies with an advantage over the competition
• Due to Frankfurt (Oder) and Eisenhüttenstadt’s long industrial tradition, professionals in East Brandenburg are accustomed to ongoing training and further training.
• These qualifications, combined with the high level of availability of local professionals means companies profit greatly from the productivity of their employees.

High level of availability – now and in the future

• Large number of qualified workers immediately available
• East Brandenburg belongs to the region with the greatest density of research institutes in Germany. In the Berlin-Brandenburg capital city region, 7 universities and 21 universities of applied sciences attract more than 170,000 students from around the world. 
• More employees will become available due to full freedom of movement for employees for workers from Poland since May 2011 

Flexible working hours models

• Work round-the-clock (24/7) in a shift system, 365 days per year possible
• We will happy to advise you on how to develop individual working hours models

Labour costs

• Labour costs in Germany are constituted from the main components of gross wages and salaries plus payroll fringe benefits
• In Eastern Germany, wages costs in industry are comparable with Japan, Canada and Spain (2009: 21.11 euros per working hour on average)
• Average labour costs for processing industries in Western Germany form a single group with Sweden, Switzerland and Norway (2009:  36.05 euros per working hour) (source: Federal Ministry for Statistics (Destatis) 2010; German Institute for Industry 2010)

Initial development opportunities

• A wide range of opportunities exist for funding of wage costs, training and education
• The team at the Investor Center Ostbrandenburg will cooperate with you, the employment agency and other local partners to develop an individual development package that is specially optimized for your needs. This may include the following:

• Recruitment and preliminary selection of human resources according to company specifications
• Retraining and qualification courses free-of-charge
• Integration subsidies on hiring staff eligible for funding (standard funding: 30 percent of labour costs over 6 months, in special cases up to 50 % for a maximum of 24 months)
• Hiring subsidy for start-up companies
• Hiring subsidy in case of stand-in replacements (job rotation)
• Subsidy for labour costs for participation of disabled persons in working life